The ReLit Longlists

The longlists for the 2009 ReLit Awards have been announced. The ReLit Awards recognize books by Canadian authors that are published by independent Canadian presses. Founded in 2000, each year ReLit winners are named in three categories: Poetry, Short Fiction and Novel.

Toronto. June 11, 2008 -- ECW Press is pleased to congratulate Jonathan Bennett on his winning the 2008 K.M. Hunter Artists’ Award in Literature. The award was announced on Tuesday evening at a ceremony held at Toronto’s Gladstone Hotel.

Bennett whose new novel "Entitlement" will be published by ECW in September says, "I'm honoured to received this recognition and to share it with other great up and coming artists in various fields. I’m very grateful to the (K.M. Hunter) Foundation and to the Ontario Arts Council for their support."